Anchor.



W. M. BATBMAN z J. (J. LEVETT.

ANCHOR. AIPLIUA'HOI FILED AUG. M, "M.

.v Patented June 14,1010;

a nun-Inn 1.

w; M. BATBMAN & J. o. LEVETT.- ANCHOR. .nmciluuou map me. n, ma.

Patented June 14,1910.

I lKEBTl-IBSBT I.

UNITED STATESMTATENT "OFFICE.

WILLIAM m. newsman, or PHILADELPHIA, AND JAY c. nnvs'rr, or cues'ann,

PENNSYLVANIA.

ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Application filed August 24, 1908. Serial No. 514,843.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WmaAM M. BATE- MAN and JAY C. Lnvnr'r, citizens of the United States, residing at. Philadelphia and Chester, in the counties of Philadelphia and Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

()ur invention relates to anchors, the object of the invention being to provide an anchor, which will. be simple in construction and effective in operation.

A further object of our invention is to provide an anchor having a stem, which will rotate in the crown-piece of said anchor, the crown- )iece having integral flakes, and said flukcs liaving recesses at their ends, and floats oppositely disposed on said flukes pivoted in said recesses.

A further object of our invention being to provide an anchor with a stem havin rotary movement in the crown-piece of sai anchor, and flukes upwardly disposed on each side of said crown-piece, said flakes having oppositely disposed floats pivoted in recesses in their ends.

Figure 1, is a front elevation of an anchor embodying our improvements. Fig. 2, is an inverted plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing stem of anchor in a tilted position. Fig. 4, is a front elevation partly In section. ig. 5, is a detail view of the stem. Fig. 6, is/a perspective view illustrating one of the floats.

1 represents the crown-piece of the anchor, having a recess 2, which tapers as illustrated in Fig. 3, from the lower portion of crown-piece 1 to the conical shaped sockets 33.

4 is an opening in the upper portion of the crown-piece 1 and communicates with the recess 2 in the crown piece 1.

5 is the shank of the anchor, which is inserted in the recess 2 in the lower ortion of the crown-piece 1, and extends tirou h the opening 4 at the 11 per portion of tie crown-piece 1. The shan 5 is provided at its lower portion with conical sha ed trunnions 6-6, which seat in the conica shaped sockets 3-3 of the crown-piece 1, which construction allows the shank 5 to rotate a certain distance, which is limited by the opening 4 at the upper portion of the crown piece 1.

7 is a pin driven and riveted into thelower portion of the crown-piece 1, and extends across recess 2, and prevents the shank 5 from escaping from the crown-piece 1 of the anchor.

The crown-piece 1 of the anchor is provided with integral flukes 8, which are recessed at their ends as shown at 9, to receive the right angle shaped floats 10, which are pivotally secured in the recesses 9 by the pins 11. The floats 10 are oppositely disposed on the flukes 8 as shown in Fig. 3.

The shank 5 of the anchor has a hole 12 in its upper end, in which is secured one end of the hawser, the other end of which is socured on the ship. In weighing the anchor it will be readily seen that the shank 5 of the anchor will pass into the hawse-hole, and one of the floats 10 on the flukes 8 will be forced out of its normal position by coming in contact with the ship and allow the ancpor to be held in a solid position on the s up.

The operation of casting the anchor will be easily accomplished owing to the rotary movement of the shank in the crown-piece, and the floats on the flukes, which floats will allow the flukes to firmly position themselves in the vround. In weighin cl'ior, the flu. ts on the flakes wil exert a leverage on the flukes, which are embedded in the ground, and thereb raising the flukes out of the ground and a low the anchor to be weighed.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from our invention, and hence we do not restrict ourselves to the recise details set forth, but consider ourse vs at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall. within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An anchor comprising a crown-piece, flukes on the crown piece, and said crownpiece having a recess therein, extending upwardly from the lower end of the crownpiece, and an opening in the top of the crown-piece communicating with said recess, a shank projectin upward through said opening and roun ed enlar ements at both sides of the shank, mounts to swing in the recess, a. 'pin across said recess" securthe an-' ing the shank therein, and angle floats pivotally supported on said flukes.

2. An anchor comprising a crown piece, flukes on the crown-piece, a shank ivotally secured in the crown-piece, said flu ices having recesses in their ends, pins across said recesses, and angle floats pivotally supported on said pins.

3. An anchor comprising a crown-piece, flukes on the crown piece, and said crown piece having a tapering recess therein, extending upward from the lower end of the crownieec, and said recess forming sockets in t e upper portion of the crownpiece, and an opening in the top of the crown-piece communicating with said tapering recess, a' shank projecting upward throu h recess and said opening, conical shape trunnions at the lower end of the ec oes shank, mounted to swing in the sockets in the upper portion of the recess, a pin across said recess securing the shank therein, and an 1e floats pivotally supported on said flu (es.

4. An anchor comprising a crowniece, integral flukes on the crown-piece, a s ank pivotally secured in the crown-piece, said flukes having recesses in their ends, right angle floats pivotally supported in said recesses and oppositely disposed on said fiukes. In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

W LLIAM M. BATEMAN. JAY C. LEVETT.

itnesses 

